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Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in... ? Learn More Asked today on Facebook’s very first earnings call about the status of Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the mobile photosharing startup had not been integrated AT ALL into Facebook, “The acquisition hasn’t closed, so no integration at all yet. There will be an update when that happens.” he said. This aligns exactly with what we’re hearing is happening with the deal, namely stalling. Instagram is functioning almost completely independently of the social network and continues to grow, adding 30 million users since the acquisition this past May. We’ve also heard rumors that the genera...

Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A. Before that, she was a contributing editor for Electronic News, the semiconductor industry trade newsletter. Colleen... ? Learn More Instagram became a billion dollar company with a service that existed entirely within the realm of mobile apps. But it’s looking like the social photo-sharing juggernaut may be about to unveil its own bridge to the web, too. Web designer Cole Reinke says he recently was logged into Instagram on the web (the site currently allows you to do things like edit your profile, change your password, and manage applications) when he hovered over his user name and saw an option that is not typically there: “View Profile.” Here is a screenshot Reinke posted to his blog (click to e...